Order by 24/7 by web, contact our sales reps or call by phone.
What you need, when you need it, all in one place.
Most orders ship same day.
Advice and support from knowledgeable professionals.
This All American Wood Register vent is an unfinished solid red oak air vent built to cover a 3 by 10 inch opening with a wood face that can be finished to suit the surrounding surface.
A wood air vent has two measurements, and only one of them determines whether it fits. The hole size — 3 by 10 inches — is the dimension to match against the existing opening. The overall face is larger at 4-1/2 by 11-3/16 inches, which is what sits on the finished surface and keeps the vent from falling through. That overlap runs roughly three quarters of an inch on each side. If you are replacing an existing vent, measure the opening itself, not the old vent's face. If you are working from architectural plans, it is the rough opening that matters.
Red oak is one of the most common hardwood flooring and trim species in North American interiors, and its characteristic open grain and warm, reddish-brown tone make it easy to identify at a glance. That same visibility works against a mismatch: a vent set into a red oak floor is one of the harder places to hide a wrong species choice, because the surrounding surface is right there for comparison. Supplied unfinished, this vent accepts the same stains and topcoats used on red oak flooring, which makes finishing consistent with the surrounding floor straightforward in practice, even though grain and growth variation mean no two pieces of wood will finish identically.
This vent is a practical choice for any 3 by 10 inch opening in a red oak interior — floors, walls, or other finished surfaces where a natural wood face is preferred over a metal grille. Woodworkers and finishing contractors specifying floor or wall registers for a red oak project can finish this vent in the same sequence as the surrounding material. Homeowners renovating an older home with red oak floors will find the open-grain figure matches period interiors well. Confirm the opening dimensions and your installation arrangement before ordering.
The hole size: 3 by 10 inches. That is the opening this vent is built to cover. The 4-1/2 by 11-3/16 inch figure is the overall face that sits on the surface around the opening.
It is solid red oak and takes stain the same way red oak flooring does. Wood varies between pieces, so the result will be a species match rather than a guaranteed color match, but finishing the vent alongside the floor is the standard approach.
The listing does not state whether a damper is included. Confirm before ordering if damper control is needed for your application.
Same opening and the same overall face dimensions. Red oak is open-grained with a warmer, more pronounced figure. Maple is paler and close-grained, reading as a calmer surface. The choice follows whichever species is in the surrounding floor or trim.
For a 3 by 10 inch opening in a red oak interior, this vent delivers the species match and the unfinished state to blend into the surrounding work.
Sold In: 1 Each
